European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 31, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3serbs, West escalate War of words levs Dis Caurs sur la purification eth Nique Gine Vous Rappel be Rien ? my it Ai. \ c Rion s Contr i fru Marti i it in Isha m Kim a poster from the French humanitarian organization med coins do Monde doctors of the world compares serbian president Slobodan Milosevic right to nazi Germany a Adolf Hitler. The top of the poster says us on t speeches of ethnic purification remind you of anything a the Bottom says a a Stop the crimes against humanity by the nationalise tic the poster was to be put up wednesday in Paris and other French cities. Belgrade Yugoslavia apr yugoslav leaders warned the West on wednesday that intervention in Bosnia would bring an armed response. But British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd until now opposed to military involvement said even he was becoming hawkish. As the rhetoric intensified . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali asked the world to give peace another Chance. Planning to depart for Sarajevo today Boutros Ghali asked for renewed efforts at negotiating an end to the bosnian War before consideration of a military option. It. Gen. Satish Nambiar of India commanding 23,000 . Peacekeepers across Yugoslavia and its former republics also argued for further negotiations. But he acknowledged that International patience was wearing thin. A there is a tolerance level which will break and it is quite close to the breaking Point a he told the associated press. The failure of a negotiated end to the War appears to have caused even staunch opponents of foreign intervention to rethink their options. Hurd told Britain a daily Telegraph newspaper that serbian aggression had brought him and other opponents a to the Point where we can imagine armed action against them to prevent a general Balkan meanwhile Yugoslavia a Federal president Dobrica Cosic claimed that serbs besieging Sarajevo were being targeted by a major offensive and that . Officials had spoken of 10,000 troops massed and ready to attack serbian rebels. But the bosnian capital remained relatively Calm wednesday with no sign that its Muslim led defenders had launched a major assault. Sarajevo residents suffered nonetheless. . Officials said at least eight people at a nursing Home had died Between Christmas and monday a victims of biting cold and sniper fire targeting the building which lies on the front lines of the fighting. Temperatures remained below freezing in Sarajevo which has been without electricity and water for three weeks. Residents have resorted to chopping Down the City a Trees for firewood. In Belgrade the yugoslav army chief of staff Gen. Zivota panic warned that Western military intervention would Only a spread the he said without being More specific that his Federal army was making preparations to repel any foreign military intervention. A we Are not going to allow the serbian people in Bosnia be subjected to genocide and annihilation a he said. Extremist politician Vojislav Seselja head of the powerful serbian Radical party warned of a a new Vietnam in the event of Western intervention. A new Border Marker left joins an older sign along a Snow packed Road near the towns of Bumbala in the czech Region of Moravia and ores Cauca Slovakia a the serbian people will respond with All their might a he said. Serbian officials rebuffed new attempts by lord David Owen the european Community a special mediator on Yugoslavia to negotiate a settlement in the War. Owen met in Belgrade with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic whose uncompromising support of serbian rebels in Bosnia was the prime trigger of . Sanctions on serbian dominated Yugoslavia. He also presented bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic with a proposal on keeping Bosnia uni As Czechoslovakia prepares to split up on new years Day. The new nations will carry the names czech Republic and Slovakia. L red though decentralized. But Karadzic turned it Down asking a Why did we have a War if Bosnia should stay unified a Belgrade radio reported. War erupted in Bosnia after the Muslim and croatian majority voted for Independence from Yugoslavia last february. The serbian minority rebelled capturing two thirds of Bosnia a territory initially with the backing of the serbian dominated Federal army. The serbs have since proclaimed their own Republic. At least 17,000 people have been killed in Bosnia and millions have been made homeless.78 wild weasels to leave Germany for Nevada base Spang Dahlum a Germany sacs Spang Dahlem a f-4g wild weasel aircraft will begin transferring to Nellis fab nev., next month. All 18 planes Are scheduled to be in the United states by april air Force officials said wednesday. The f-4gs Are assigned to the 81st fighter so at Span Dahlem. They will be replaced at the base by i la lighting Falcons. Nellis about 10 Miles North of Las vegas was chosen because the base has the ramp space and facilities to maintain the aircraft said capt. Mike rein a Span Dahlem spokesman. In addition Nellis controls the air forces largest electronic combat Range rein said which is Ideal for aircrews training in the wild weasel. A a the aircraft Are used to find and destroy radar systems that support enemy anti aircraft artillery and surface to air missile Sites. For years Spang Dahlem a f-4gs deployed to Nellis to take part in Green Flag exercises which test and train aircrews in tactics associated with electronic combat. The air Force announced in 1990 that it would remove f-4gs from its inventory. However service officials revised that plan based on the planes Success during operation desert storm. The 18 f-4gs transferring to Nellis Are the Only wild weasels remaining in the air Force. Spang Dahlem a 81st fighter so was credited with destroying 142 iraqi radar Sites during the persian Gulf War
